1996–97 UEFA Champions League qualifying round

European football tournament The 1996–97 UEFA Champions League featured 24 teams, with eight teams (the seven top-ranked league champions in the UEFA clubs coefficient table, plus the defending champions from 1995–96) qualifying automatically for the group stage and the remaining 16 (the league champions ranked 8–23 in the coefficient table) playing in a two-legged preliminary round. The winners of each tie entered the Champions League group stage, while the losers entered the UEFA Cup first round. Teams The sixteen lowest-ranked associations with teams that qualified for the Champions League entered the qualifying round.https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method1/crank1996.html UEFA Country Ranking 1996 Bert Kassies 29 January 2025 Key to coloursWinners of qualifying round advanced to group stageLosers of qualifying round entered UEFA Cup first round + Qualifying round participantsAssoc. Association rankingTeam8BEL Club Brugge9GRE Panathinaikos10RUS Alania Vladikavkaz11TUR Fenerbahçe12DEN Brøndby13AUT Rapid Wien14SWE IFK Göteborg15SUI Grasshopper16CZE Slavia Prague17SCO Rangers18NOR Rosenborg19UKR Dynamo Kyiv20HUN Ferencváros21ROU Steaua București22POL Widzew Łódź23ISR Maccabi Tel Aviv Seeding The sixteen teams were divided into seeded and unseeded pots, each containing eight teams, for the draw based on their association's ranking.Protzen Martin https://kassiesa.net/uefa/history/faq1994.txt FAQ: Qualification and Seeding for the European Cups RSSSF 29 July 1994 29 January 2025 SeededUnseededBEL Club Brugge GRE Panathinaikos RUS Alania Vladikavkaz TUR Fenerbahçe DEN Brøndby AUT Rapid Wien SWE IFK Göteborg SUI GrasshopperCZE Slavia Prague SCO Rangers NOR Rosenborg UKR Dynamo Kyiv HUN Ferencváros ROU Steaua București POL Widzew Łódź ISR Maccabi Tel Aviv Summary The winners of each tie in the preliminary round entered the Champions League group stage, whilst the losers entered the UEFA Cup first round. main y Maccabi Tel Aviv ISR 1–2 Fenerbahçe TUR 0–1 1–1 Rangers SCO 10–3 Alania Vladikavkaz RUS 3–1 7–2 Panathinaikos GRE 1–3 Rosenborg NOR 1–0 0–3 (aet) IFK Göteborg SWE 4–1 Ferencváros HUN 3–0 1–1 Widzew Łódź POL 4–4 (a) Brøndby DEN 2–1 2–3 Grasshopper SUI 6–0 Slavia Prague CZE 5–0 1–0 Club Brugge BEL 2–5 Steaua București ROU 2–2 0–3 Rapid Wien AUT 6–2 Dynamo Kyiv UKR 2–0 4–2 Matches 1996 8 7 y 19:30 Maccabi Tel Aviv ISR 0–1 TUR Fenerbahçe Kemalettin 43 Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan 20,000 Günter Benkö (Austria) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/52918/ 1996 8 21 y 20:00 Fenerbahçe TUR 1–1 ISR Maccabi Tel Aviv Okocha 19 Driks 76 Fenerbahçe Stadium, Istanbul 23,188https://www.worldfootball.net/match-report/ma2126835/lineup/ Fenerbahçe - Maccabi Tel Aviv 1:1 (Champions League Qual. 1996/1997, 1. Round) László Vágner (Hungary) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/52919/ Fenerbahçe won 2–1 on aggregate. 1996 8 7 y 20:00 Rangers SCO 3–1 RUS Alania Vladikavkaz McInnes 51 McCoist 60 Petrić 77 Yanovsky 29 Ibrox Park, Glasgow 44,799https://www.sport-express.ru/newspaper/1996-08-09/3_2/ ЛИГА ЧЕМПИОНОВ. КВАЛИФИКАЦИОННЫЙ РАУНД. Первые матчи• ГРАССХОППЕР Швейцария - СЛАВИЯ Чехия - 5:0 (2:0)• МАККАБИ Т-А Израиль - ФЕНЕРБАХЧЕ Турция- 0:1 (0:1)• ПАНАТИНАИКОС Греция - РУСЕНБОРГ Норвегия - 1:0 (1:0)• ГЕТЕБОРГ Швеция - ФЕРЕНЦВАРОШ Венгрия - 3:0 (1:0)• ВИДЗЕВ Польша - БРОНДБЮ Дания - 2:1 (0:0)• БРЮГГЕ Бельгия - СТЯУА Румыния - 2:2 (1:1)• Ответные матчи состоятся 21 августа Markus Merk (Germany) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/52920/ 1996 8 21 y 20:00 Alania Vladikavkaz RUS 2–7 SCO Rangers Yanovsky 15 Suleymanov 23 pen. McCoist 1 13 18 Van Vossen 40 Laudrup 56 83 Miller 87 Republican Spartak Stadium, Vladikavkaz 33,000 Urs Meier (Switzerland) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/52921/ Rangers won 10–3 on aggregate. 1996 8 7 y 21:15 Panathinaikos GRE 1–0 NOR Rosenborg Warzycha 19 Olympic Stadium, Athenshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h79U66EaZcE Panathinaikos - Rosenborg (Mesterliga-kvalik 1996/97) YouTube January 2009 33,095 Michel Piraux (Belgium) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/52922/ 1996 8 21 y 19:30 Rosenborg NOR 3–0 yes GRE Panathinaikos Strand 63 Iversen 94 Heggem 97 Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim 18,625https://www.sport-express.ru/newspaper/1996-08-23/3_1/ СТЯУА Румыния - БРЮГГЕ Бельгия - 3:0 (2:0)• СЛАВИЯ Чехия - ГРАССХОППЕР Швейцария - 0:1 (0:0)• РУСЕНБОРГ Норвегия - ПАНАТИНАИКОС Греция - 3:0 (0:0, 1:0, 2:0)• ФЕРЕНЦВАРОШ Венгрия - ГЕТЕБОРГ Швеция - 1:1 (1:0)• ФЕНЕРБАХЧЕ Турция - МАККАБИ Т-А Израиль - 1:1 (1:О)• БРОНДБЮ Дания - ВИДЗЕВ Польша - 3:2 (2:0) Paul Durkin (England) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/52923/ Rosenborg won 3–1 on aggregate. 1996 8 7 y 19:00 IFK Göteborg SWE 3–0 HUN Ferencváros Blomqvist 37 Pettersson 49 56 Idrottsparken, Norrköping 5,513 Alain Sars (France) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/52924/ 1996 8 21 y 20:30 Ferencváros HUN 1–1 SWE IFK Göteborg Horváth 13 A. Andersson 87 Üllői úti Stadion, Budapest 5,925 José María García-Aranda (Spain) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/52925/ IFK Göteborg won 4–1 on aggregate. 1996 8 7 y 20:15 Widzew Łódź POL 2–1 DEN Brøndby Dembiński 63 Majak 73 Bjur 75 Widzew Łódź Stadium, Łódź 6,300 Mario van der Ende (Netherlands) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/52926/ 1996 8 21 y 20:05 Brøndby DEN 3–2 POL Widzew Łódź Møller 31 Bjur 44 Vilfort 47 Citko 56 Wojtala 88 Brøndby Stadion, Brøndbyvester 10,438https://www.sport-express.ru/newspaper/1996-08-23/3_1/ СТЯУА Румыния - БРЮГГЕ Бельгия - 3:0 (2:0)• СЛАВИЯ Чехия - ГРАССХОППЕР Швейцария - 0:1 (0:0)• РУСЕНБОРГ Норвегия - ПАНАТИНАИКОС Греция - 3:0 (0:0, 1:0, 2:0)• ФЕРЕНЦВАРОШ Венгрия - ГЕТЕБОРГ Швеция - 1:1 (1:0)• ФЕНЕРБАХЧЕ Турция - МАККАБИ Т-А Израиль - 1:1 (1:О)• БРОНДБЮ Дания - ВИДЗЕВ Польша - 3:2 (2:0) Ahmet Çakar (Turkey) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/52927/ 4–4 on aggregate; Widzew Łódź won on away goals. 1996 8 7 y 20:15 Grasshopper SUI 5–0 CZE Slavia Prague Türkyilmaz 11 46 Esposito 43 Moldovan 57 Koller 89 Hardturm, Zurich 9,300 Jorge Coroado (Portugal) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/52928/ 1996 8 21 y 20:15 Slavia Prague CZE 0–1 SUI Grasshopper Türkyilmaz 70 Stadion Evžena Rošického, Prague 3,012 Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/52929/ Grasshopper won 6–0 on aggregate. 1996 8 7 y 20:00 Club Brugge BEL 2–2 ROU Steaua București Nielsen 27 Špehar 54 A. Ilie 45 62 Olympiastadion, Bruges 10,755 Rune Pedersen (Norway) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/52930/ 1996 8 21 y 21:00 Steaua București ROU 3–0 BEL Club Brugge A. Ilie 32 pen. 44 Nagy 55 Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest 10,912 Pierluigi Collina (Italy) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/52931/ Steaua București won 5–2 on aggregate. 1996 8 7 y 20:30 Rapid Wien AUT 2–0 UKR Dynamo Kyiv Stumpf 8 Guggi 90 Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Viennahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_2aYh_GEvs Rapid Wien - Dynamo Kiew 2:0 - CL Quali 1996/97 - Schluss & Interviews YouTube 14 May 2018 29,500 Anders Frisk (Sweden) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/52932/ 1996 8 21 y 19:00 Dynamo Kyiv UKR 2–4 AUT Rapid Wien Kalitvintsev 6 Maksymov 77 Ivanov 20 40 Kühbauer 29 Holovko 62 o.g. NSK Olimpiyskyi, Kyiv 70,000 Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/52933/ Rapid Wien won 6–2 on aggregate. References External links Qualifying round at UEFA.com *1 1996-97